Desktop Management

ALSO CALLED:
Desktop PC Management,
Managing PCs,
Managing Personal Computers,
PC ManagementDEFINITION: Desktop management is a comprehensive approach to managing all the computers within an organization. Despite its name, desktop management includes overseeing laptops and other computing devices as well as desktop computers. Desktop management is a component of systems management, which is the administration of all components of an organization's information systems. Other components of systems management
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This white paper focuses on major advances in cloud client computing solutions supported by Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and how these technologies can address the challenges facing health care providers by providing a more flexible, integrated, and virtualized IT environment.

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This exclusive resource constructs and demonstrates an efficient way of delivering Windows-based applications designed for the latest mobile devices without time-consuming and costly rewrites, all while maintaining information security best practices.

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This informative resource discusses an integrated desktop virtualization solution that is architected from the ground up to provide a highly reliable and scalable platform for desktop virtualization while simplifying infrastructure management.

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This exclusive paper takes an in-depth look at an integrated solution stack from Dell that enables desktop virtualization, from pilots to full scale deployments, as a complete data center solution.

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This crucial paper provides an in-depth look at an integrated solution stack that can reduce the time, complexity, risks and costs of implementing desktop virtualization in enterprise production environments.

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This crucial paper examines a zero client solution for virtual desktops that uses proximity authentication so users can securely access their virtual desktops within seconds. Also discover how this easy-to-use solution improves security, performance and flexibility in any roaming desktop application.

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This exclusive resource discusses a virtual desktop solution that brings your desktops into the cloud, allowing for simplified desktop deployment, configuration and maintenance – all of which reduces the burden on IT while still providing the flexibility and business agility your organization needs.

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This informative white paper examines a mobile desktop solution that allows IT to securely support device diversity and BYOD policies, tying the desktop environment to the user identity instead of the device.

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This exclusive paper examines how you can utilize full clones and solid state storage-based solutions to provide a high-performing, cost-effective VDI experience for your users, enabling persistent desktops to improve the productivity and efficiency of your knowledge workers.

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This crucial resource takes an in-depth look at the options that you have for planning and deploying a Windows 7 migration, detailing the benefits and drawbacks of each approach so you can create a strategy that will satisfy your specific needs and requirements.

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This informative white paper takes an in-depth look at user virtualization, which allows for the management of user-specific information independent of the desktop – thus minimizing the complexity of any desktop operating system migration.

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This informative resource evaluates the scalability of one of the market's top desktop virtualization solutions, providing recommendations for large-scale deployments so you can determine how it would fit into your desktop environment.

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This exclusive paper examines a desktop virtualization strategy that allows you to deliver virtual desktops and applications based on user type and specific requirements while still satisfying your broader IT goals.

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This informative resource reveals the seven key factors that indicate whether or not you should extend your virtualization initiative to your desktop environment. Learn how you can get ahead of the trends to increase worker satisfaction and productivity while also boosting security.

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This exclusive paper examines a virtualized workspace that provides IT with the tools to construct a data center whose parts complement each other, allowing for multi-vendor solutions that work together to meet a wide variety of user needs.

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This exclusive study illustrates the financial impact of an organization efficiently managing their VDI from a single console using VMware View. Read on to learn how you can reduce the overall costs of your virtual desktop management.

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This exclusive paper discusses how you can realize the full benefits of desktop virtualization by improving your wide array network (WAN). Read on to discover how your enhancing your WAN can impact areas of your VDI which might not be performing at their full potential.

DESKTOP MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): include network management and database management.Traditional desktop management tasks include installing and maintaining hardware and software, spam filtering, and administering user permissions. In recent years, however, security-related tasks have become an increasingly large part of desktop management. As a result, an increasingly large proportion of administrative resources have been devoted to security-related tasks, such as patch management, fighting viruses and spyware, and controlling greynet applications (programs installed without corporate approval, such as instant messaging, file Desktop Management definition sponsored by SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary

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